Peace Out (our Youth Relay for Life Team) will have their famous Breakfast Burritos on the Church Portico on Sunday, August 2nd in between worship services.  All donations benefit Relay for Life. Come support our amazing Youth Relay Team! www.peaceyouth.net

The classic Suwannee River Canoe Trip is just around the corner, and it's time to get signed up. What is this trip you might ask? A weekend of canoeing down the beautiful Suwannee River, swimming in crystal blue springs, and swinging from some of the best rope swings ever! We'll have some meaningful devotions, share some great meals, and tons of memories made! We'll be again staying at the Suwannee River Rendezvous.

The trip will be Friday, August 7th - Sunday August 9th. We'll meet to leave Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. and return home Sunday at around 5:00 p.m. The cost of the weekend is only $85.00. This includes all canoe rentals, accommodations, transportation and most meals. The deadline to sign up and pay is Sunday, July 26th. Space is limited! Visit www.peaceyouth.net or contact Eddie Pipkin for all the trip information email: [email protected] or phone: 321-947-8930.  

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You! If you are age 21-80 you can learn your risk for developing 6 different chronic diseases. Nearly $3 out of every $4 spent on healthcare is for treatment of chronic disease. Better lifestyle habits can help prevent 80% of heart disease and 90% of type 2 diabetes!  The 6 for Life Health Assessment measures your risk of developing 6 chronic diseases, including heart disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes, COPD and lung cancer.  A customized report will determine which risk factors contribute most to your disease risk and are within your control to change.  Finger-stick blood tests along with biometric measurements are included with this assessment.

Peace will be hosting a Life Line Screening preventive health event on Monday, August 10, 2015. Protect your health by registering today for the 6 for Life Health Assessment for only $79. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your appointment. 

Come join us for our final Heart Spa fellowship and study of the summer season on Wednesday, August 19 at 6:30 p.m. Missed a previous evening of the study? No problem! Each session is designed to stand alone. Our theme will be "God's Grace Is Reason to Celebrate." There's no homework to do in advance. Just come enjoy our Grace celebration. This is also a great event to invite friends to experience. PLEASE RSVP  to Jana Hart by contacting the Church Office at 407-438-8947 or [email protected].   (Childcare will be provided) 

Our annual Peace School Supply Gift Card Drive is back!  As a new school year is quickly approaching, we again have the opportunity to bless many young people and their parents in this very tangible way.  Because supply lists vary so greatly from school to school, we are once again collecting gift cards and monetary donations.  We will distribute the gift cards to families with children associated with our congregation, our Meals Assistance Program, as well as the folks at H.O.M.E. in Kissimmee.  Our partnership with H.O.M.E. means we will be helping them again this year with back-to-school shoes, and we will use proceeds from the gift card drive to support that ministry.  If you bring in actual gift cards, please bring in as many as you want to contribute, but keep the denominations lower, like $10 to $20 and from major retailers like Target and Wal-Mart.  Help give a child a great start to the new school year!  Thank you for your support!

Save these dates for our Peace Youth Ministry summer events! You can now sign up online www.peaceyouth.net.  If you have any questions about our ministry or any of our upcoming events, please contact Brandon, Director of Student Ministries:  [email protected].

6th Grade Youth:

Wednesday nights from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday nights are just for you 6th Graders!  Come and learn all about Peace Youth, get to know your leaders, grow and have a great time doing it! (no sign up needed)

Summer Sunday Nights:

Sunday nights  - Youth Hang-out 4:30 p.m., Dinner 5:30 p.m., Worship and Small Groups 6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. and High School Encore after worship until 9:00 p.m. (no sign up needed)

Clearwater Beach Day:

DATE: Tuesday, July 28th - TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - COST: $5

Suwannee River Trip:

DATE: August 7th - 9th - COST: $85.00

Water War:

DATE: Tuesday, August 11th - TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. COST $5

Youth Sunday is also coming up on August 16th!  Once a year we as a ministry get to show the rest of our Peace family how we do things!  Come be a part of this special day.  We will participate in all aspects of our Sunday morning worship services.  Youth will lead worship, serve in hospitality, speak about their experiences as Youth in our church and so much more!

Our Peace Prayer Shawl Ministry is resuming!  Anyone who likes to knit or crochet is invited to join this ministry. Prayer shawls are given to people who are ill or hospitalized, suffering chronic conditions, undergoing chemotherapy, or simply in need of comfort and prayer.  For more details, please contact Rev. Bob Schall, 407-239-8668.

According to Janet Bristow and Victoria Galo, the founders of Prayer Shawl Ministries, "the making of a prayer shawl is a spiritual practice which embodies our thoughts and prayers for the receiver.  It is a gift freely given with no strings attached.  Made in prayer, as prayer, for prayer, the shawls are passed on hand-to-hand and heart-to-heart."